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Cyrus Durand
American inventor
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- In Asher B. Durand
With his brother Cyrus Durand (1787–1868), he formed a partnership for a banknote engraving company. Cyrus invented machines for the mechanical drawing of lines that revolutionized the art of currency engraving, while Asher’s graphic work for the Federal Bureau of Printing and Engraving was influential in establishing the…
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